Quote Originally Posted by aerolol View Post
Left side gear helps a lot.
It's quite easy to meld it to max gathering/perception for most pieces too, and you can avoid grade IV materia for pretty much everything, except head and body.

Right side gear (accessories), not so much.
I still use my old dodore stuff for MIN/BTN/FIS and there's nothing I can't gather.

Main hand is a must.
off hand is a must